The Benue State Chapter Chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Levi Akuma, has lauded efforts of the Governor Hyacinth Alia administration for implementing accumulated promotion of primary school teachers in the state.
The NUT Chairman who lauded the Alia administration in the education sector in an interview with journalists in Makurdi, described the implementation of the 17-year- old accumulated promotions as a moral booster to primary school teachers who had felt neglected and abandoned by previous administrations.
Akuma who equally distanced the union leadership from the alleged arbitrary deduction saga of some primary school teachers salaries that sparked off protest by teachers who were affected by the development in some local government areas, thundered that the NUT under his leadership was not aware of such deductions.
While commending Governor Hyacinth Alia for being up- to- date in payment of salaries and pensions since he came on board also appreciated the SUBEB Chairman Grace Adagba for pragmatic leadership approach to issues at the board.
The NUT Chairman noted with satisfaction that what she was doing had already corrected the many wrongs that had existed at the board, attributing the implementation of the 17-year- old accumulated promotions to her good work in office and assured government of the union’s support to enable it record more successes.